Firewire Recording 5
Firewire inputs and outputs
Channels sent from the MultiMix to the computer
The Firewire port sends every individual mixer channel as well as the MultiMix’s MAIN
Individual channels
The INDIVIDUAL channels sent to the computer send the signal after the preamp gain knob, the
The effects of the AUX send knobs are NOT included in the outputs of the individual channels.
MAIN MIX channels
The MAIN mix channels sent to the computer exactly mirror the MAIN output of the mixer. If you are only interested in making stereo recordings, consider recording the MAIN channels in your recording software.
Channels returned from the computer to the MultiMix
The Firewire port receives a stereo audio stream from the computer and assigns it to the
To understand why the AUX signals are not blended into the individual channel feeds to the computer, consider the nature of AUX sends:
Every channel can send none, some, or all of its signal to the AUX processors. For instance, in the MultiMix 12, 12 different signals could be sent to an external processor, all at different levels.
However, that AUX processor can only return at most a stereo pair into the mixer. There’s no way that the processor could route the effects of each channel back to that channel directly without including the signal from the other channels as well.
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